#C99944#C99944

#C99944 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.117 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99944
RGB	rgb(201, 153, 68)
HSL	hsl(38, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 66.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, 9.08, 50.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 51.11, 79.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% 0.022 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.117 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5242, 35.6199, 10.4193)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99944 #4474C9

analogous

#C95644 #C99944 #B6C944

triadic

#C99944 #44C999 #9944C9

tetradic

#C99944 #44C956 #4474C9 #C944B6

square

#C99944 #44C956 #4474C9 #C944B6

split-complementary

#C99944 #44B6C9 #5644C9

monochromatic

#725521 #A1782F #C99944 #D7B373 #E4CDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C99944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#C99944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99944

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99944	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 153, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.117 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb67b',
    500: '#c99944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99944;
$custom-light: #ddb67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.346,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71222,
    "c": 0.1167,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99944

secondary

#98ACD1

accent

#7FDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99944

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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